The Female Gaze: Aj Lim, Alex Maceda, Holly Overton

April 4 – 16, 2025 

Opening Reception: Friday, April 4, 6:30-8:30pm

Please join us for THE FEMALE GAZE, a group exhibition featuring female-identifying artists AJ Lim (NYSS MFA ‘26), Alex Maceda (NYSS MFA ‘26), Holly Overton (NYSS MFA ‘26). Via their paintings and drawings, the artists explore and challenge traditional art historical – often cis-male – perspectives and tropes, from desire and the nude, to strength via work and the use of the hands. Drawn primarily from personal experiences, the work examines power dynamics – artist and model, viewer and subject, female and male – and questions what it means to reinforce, subvert, and ultimately define ‘the female gaze.’